Victoria.
My heart raced as Christian helped spread the sheets on the bed. I couldn’t shake the look he gave me—intense, as if I were a masterpiece on display. It sent shivers down my spine, making my inner self kick and giggle. Maybe I’d gone too far wearing something this short in front of him. But part of me couldn’t help but think of this as his punishment for making me burn so many calories carrying him up those damn stairs.
Still, when I recalled the way he looked earlier, thinking he had done something bad to me, it hit me—he cares so much about me. If he knew what was really swirling in my head, the fantasies I harbored... I feared he’d think I was some kind of freak.
Lost in my thoughts while we spread the sheets, my gaze inexplicably fell on his lower abdomen. There it was—th
